Current Members
Graduate Students
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Bharat Singh studied his B.Sc (2014) and M.Sc (Tarak Nath Ghosh Memorial Gold medal, 2016) from University of Allahabad. He has been working as a Ph.D. student since December, 2017. His main area of research interest is Aziridine chemistry. |
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Manish Kumar studied his B.Sc (2015) from University of Delhi and M.Sc (2018) from IIT (ISM) Dhanbad. He has been working as a Ph.D. student since July, 2018. His main area of research interest is Electrocatalysis & Photo-Catalysis chemistry. |
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Satysen Yadav studied his B.Sc (2016) and M.Sc (2018) from University of Allahabad. He has been working as a Ph.D. student since July, 2019. |
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Shishir Singh studied his B.Sc. (2015) from Lucknow Christian degree College, Lucknow M.Sc. (2018) from Lucknow Christian P.G. College , Lucknow. He has been working as a Ph.D. student since December, 2019. |
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Amit Kumar Sharma studied his B.Sc.(Chemistry Hons.) from Sarsuna College, University of Calcutta, West bengal and M.Sc. from IIT Kanpur. He has been working as a Ph.D. student since July, 2020. |
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Suraj Kashyap studied his B.Sc. (2017) and M.Sc. (2019) from University of Allahabad. He has been working as a Ph.D. student since Dec, 2020. |
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Poulami Mondal studied her B.Sc. (2018) from Midnapore College And M.Sc. (2020) From Kalyani University. She has been working as a Ph.D. student since July 2021. |
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Debojyoti Ghosal studied his B.Sc (2018-2021) from University of Burdwan Hooghly Mohsin college and M.Sc (2021-2023) from IIT (ISM) Dhanbad. He has been working as a Ph.D. student since July, 2023 |
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Farhana Afrin studied her B.Sc (2018-2021) from University of Calcutta and M.Sc (2021-2023) from IIT (ISM) Dhanbad. She has been working as a Ph.D. student since July, 2024 |
Postdoctoral fellow
Dr. Noimur Rahman has a Ph.D. in Synthetic Organic Chemistry from North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya. He completed his first Post-Doctoral research work at the School of Chemical Sciences, UM-DAE Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences, Mumbai, from June 2022 to April 2023. Currently, he is working as an Institute Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Department of Chemistry, IIT Kanpur from May 2023. His area of research focuses on the ring-opening transformations of donor–acceptor cyclopropanes (DAC) with carbon-centered nucleophiles; and synthesis of magnetic nanocatalysts as well as their exploitation in synthesis of medicinally important heterocyclic compounds through green protocols. Personal website: https://noimurrahman.weebly.com/
Dr. Akansha Dixit has a Ph.D. in Synthesis and characterization of functional Double Network (DN) Smart Hydrogels from Defence Materials and Stores Research and Development Establishment (DMSRDE), Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. She joined as Project Associate at the Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras (IIT-BHU), Varanasi. After that, She completed her first Post-Doctoral research work (NPDF) from Biological Science and Bioengineering Department, IITK. Currently, she is working as an Institute Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Department of Chemistry, IIT Kanpur
Graduate Students
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Dr. Kalpataru Das Ph.D. Thesis: Lewis Acid Mediated Reactions of Small Ring Aza-Heterocycles: Synthetic and Mechanistic Study. He joined as Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemistry, Dr. Harisingh Gour University, Sagar (M.P). (A Central University) kalpatarud@gmail.com |
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Dr. Koena Ghosh Ph.D. Thesis: Memory of Chirality (MOC) in Imino-aldol Reaction: Enantioselective Synthesis and Lewis Acid Mediated SN2-type Ring-opening of Aziridines. She joined the Presidency University, Department of Chemistry as an Assistant Professor. |
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Dr. Amit Kumar Ph.D. Thesis: Aziridines and Azetidines: New Synthetic Methods and Stereoselective Transformations. Presently working as Postdocctoral Fellow at Seoul National University, Seoul, Department of Chemistry. |
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Dr. Dipti Shukla Ph.D. Thesis: Synthetic and Mechnestic Perspectives of Lewis acid Catayzed SN2-Type Ring Opening of Aziridines and Azetidines. Presently working as post doctoral fellow with Prof. A.K. Chakarborti at NIPER Mohali. |
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Dr. Sandipan Haldar Ph.D. Thesis: Anions and Dianions from 1,3-Dicarbonyls: Synthesis of heterocycles and Carbacycles. He joined as Assistant Professor at VNIT Nagpur. |
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Ph.D. Thesis:Synthesis of Benzo-fused Six and Seven Membered Heterocycles via SN2 Type Ring Opening of Aziridines/Metal Catalyzed C-N Bond Formation. He joined as Assistant Professor at KIIT Science College, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. |
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Ph.D. Thesis: Synthesis of γ-Lactams, γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) derivatives, 4,5-Dihedropyrroles and 2,2-Diaryl/heteroarylethylamines via Ring Opening of Activated Aziridine. After he joind as Postdoctoral Researcher with Dr David Margulies at Weizmann Institute of science, Israel. Presently working as as Alexander Van Humboldt fellow in RWTH University Aachen with Prof. Carsten Bolm. |
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Ph.D. Thesis: Aziridines and Azetidines: New Synthetic Methods and Stereoselective Transformations. He joined as Research Assistant Professor with Prof. H. Lee, Texas Tech University, USA. |
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Ph.D. Thesis: ASynthesis transformations of Donor Acceptor Cyclopropane: β-Enaminonitriles, β-Enaminoesters, 2-(2,2-Diarylethyl)malonates and Tetrahydrocarbazoles. |
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Dr. Sauvik Samanta Ph.D. Thesis: Stereoselective Syntheses of Cyclohexenone, tetrahydropyrone and Morpholinone Derivatives. Presently, he is working as a postdoctoral researcher in the group of Prof. Roger Hunter, Department of Chemistry, University of Cape Town, South Africa after receiving Claude Leon Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship-2016 from May, 2016. |
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Dr. Aditya Bhattacharyya Ph.D. Thesis: Ring-Opening Transformations of Activated Aziridines to Iminothiazolidines, Tetrahydropyrimidines, Oxime Amino Ethers, and Morpholines. Presently working as as Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral fellow in Institut für Organische Chemie Universität Regensburg Universitätsstraße 31 93053 Regensburg, Germany with Prof. Oliver Reiser. adityabh@iitk.ac.in |
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Dr. Subhomoy Das Ph.D. Thesis: Domino Imino-Aldol-Aza-Michael/Michael-Michael reactions: stereoselective Syntheses of Aza-Heterocycles and Carbacycles. subhomoy@iitk.ac.in |
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Dr. Chandan Kumar Shahi (Deceased) Ph.D. Thesis: New Synthetic Protocols for Tetrahydrobenzodiazepines, Tetrahydrobenzoxazepines and Quinoxalines via Ring Opening of Activated Aziridines/Metal-Assisted C-N Bond Formation. |
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Ph.D. Thesis: New Synthetic Routes to Dihydrobenzothiazines, 2- Alkylindoles, Tetrahydropyrroloindoles, Tetrahydro- ß-Carbolines, and Imidazoindoles via Ring-Opening Cyclization of Activated Aziridines. |
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Ph.D. Thesis: Memory of Chirality in Intermolecular Imino-Aldol and Michael Reactions. |
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Ph.D. Thesis: Ring-Opening Transformations of Activated Aziridines to Pyrroloindoles, Indolines, and Benzoxazines. |
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Ph.D. Thesis: Stereoselective Synthetic Routes to Aza/Oxa-Heterocycles via Ring-Opening Transformations of Activated Aziridines and Epoxides. |
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Ph.D. Thesis: Ring-Opening Transformations of Activated Aziridines to Complex Azaheterocycles: Syntheses of Azepinoindoles, Piperazines, Spiropiperidino Indolenines and Hexahydroimidazoquinolines. |
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Ph.D. Thesis: Ring Opening Transformations of Donor-Acceptor Cyclopropanes to Racemic/Nonracemic β-Enaminonitriles, β-Enaminoesters, 2-(2,2-Diarylethyl)malonates, Aryltetralins and Tetrahydrocarbazoles. |
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Ph.D. Thesis: Ring-Opening Transformations of Activated Azetidines to 3,3-Diaryl/Heteroarylpropylamines, 1,2,4- Oxadiazepanes & Tetrahydroazepino[4,3,2-cd]indoles. |
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Ph.D. Thesis: Ring-opening Transformations of Activated Aziridines: Synthetic Routes Towards Substituted Piperazines and 1,3-Oxazolidines. |
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Ph.D. Thesis: Stereoselective Synthesis of the Imidazolidines, Oxazolidines, 1,2,4- Oxadiazinanes, Tetrahydroazepinoindoles, Hexahydropyrroloindoles and Tetrahydropyrroloquinolines via DROC and ROC of Activated Aziridines. |
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Dr. Ashok K. Yadav studied his M.Sc from University of Lucknow and Ph.D. from Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India (Thesis submitted to U. P. Technical University Lucknow, India) under the supervision of Prof H.Ila (Department of Chemistry, IIT kanpur) in the year 2008. He worked as research associate during July, 2007 to 2009. |
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Dr. Sarvesh Kumar studied his M.Sc from University of Lucknow and Ph.D. from Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India under the supervision of Prof H. Ila (Department of Chemistry, IIT Kanpur) in the year 2008. He worked as research associate durning June, 2009 to 2010. |
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Dr. Saima Tarannum studied her M.Sc (2010) and Ph.D from Department of Chemistry, Aligarh Muslim University in the year 2017. She joined the group as NPDF during September 2017 to August 2019. |
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Dr. Vashundhra Sharma studied her B.Sc.(2009) and M.Sc (2011) from University of Rajasthan then Ph.D from Department of Chemistry, Malviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur in the year 2018. She is working as IPDF from February 2020. |
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Dr. Karuna Mahato studied her M.Sc (2011) from Scottish Church College, University of Calcutta and Ph.D from the Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati in 2018. She did her first post-doctoral research work at Wuhan University, China. Currently, She is working as IPDF from January 2021. |
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Dr. Prasanta Roy studied his M.Sc (2010) from Visva-Bharati University and Ph.D (Synthetic Organic Chemistry) from the Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati in the year 2016. He did his first post-doctoral research work (Asymmetric Organic Synthesis) at Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China (09/2016 - 08/2018). He did his 2nd post-doctoral research work (Organic Synthesis and Medicinal Chemistry) at Yunnan University, China (03/2019 - 02/2021). Currently, he has joined as postdoctoral researcher from August 2021. |
Inspire faculty
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Dr. Debabrata Samanta studied his B.Sc. (2007) from Midnapur College and M.Sc. (2009) from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India then Ph.D. from University of Siegen, Germany (Guide: Prof. Dr. Michael Schmittel) in the year 2014. He joined the group as Inspire faculty during April, 2019 to August, 2020. Later, he joined as Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry, DNC College, Aurangabad, Murshidabad, West Bengal -742201 |
 Preeti, M.Sc. (CHM) 2 Yr, 2021-2023, IIT Kanpur |
 Prajwal Sanjay Prabhu, M.Sc. (CHM) 2 Yr, 2021-2023, IIT Kanpur |
Biplab Pradhan, M.Sc. (CHM) 2 Yr, 2021-2023, IIT Kanpur |
 Hardik Soni, M.Sc. (CHM) 2 Yr, 2020-2022, IIT Kanpur |
 Cyrus Taneja, M.Sc. (CHM) 2 Yr, 2020-2022, IIT Kanpur |
 Sushmita Kumari, M.Sc. (CHM) 2 Yr, 2020-2022, IIT Kanpur |